diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7b18396..a42c9f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "rasters"
-version = "1.3.3"
+version = "1.3.4"
 description = "raster processing toolkit"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
diff --git a/rasters/CRS.py b/rasters/CRS.py
index 2588aa9..2a609c5 100644
--- a/rasters/CRS.py
+++ b/rasters/CRS.py
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ def __eq__(self, other: Union[CRS, str]) -> bool:
 
         return super(CRS, self).__eq__(other=other)
 
-    @property
-    def _crs(self) -> Any:
-        """
-        Retrieve the underlying Cython based _CRS object. This is used internally by pyproj
-        for performance optimization.
-
-        Note: The implementation might change in future pyproj versions.
-        """
-        return self._crs  # Directly access the _crs attribute
+    # @property
+    # def _crs(self) -> Any:
+    #     """
+    #     Retrieve the underlying Cython based _CRS object. This is used internally by pyproj
+    #     for performance optimization.
+
+    #     Note: The implementation might change in future pyproj versions.
+    #     """
+    #     return self._crs  # Directly access the _crs attribute
 
     @property
     def epsg_string(self) -> Optional[str]:
diff --git a/rasters/version.txt b/rasters/version.txt
index 785cda8..8c9698a 100644
--- a/rasters/version.txt
+++ b/rasters/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.3.3
\ No newline at end of file
+1.3.4
\ No newline at end of file